BOOK: POP! THE INVENTION OF BUBBLE GUM AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: MEGHAN MCCARTHY PUBLISHER: SIMON & SCHUSTER PAGES: 40 AGE RECOMMENDED: 5+ The fascinating story behind the creation of bubble gum began in the early 1920s at a small candy factory in Philadelphia owned by the Fleer family. Walter Diemer, an accountant worked on the books […]
REVIEW: Stellaluna By janell Cannon
BOOK: STELLALUNA AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: JANELL CANNON PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC PAGES: 48 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ In a forest far away, a mother fruit bat has a new baby and names her Stellaluna. One night, an owl attacks the bats, knocking Stellaluna out of her mother’s pouch, and she falls into the forest below. Soon the baby […]
Review: Above And Below By Patricia Hegarty
BOOK: ABOVE AND BELOW AUTHOR: PATRICIA HEGARTY ILLUSTRATOR: HANAKO CLULOW PUBLISHER: LITTLE TIGER PRESS PAGES: 22 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ This non-fiction picture book focuses on eight different animal habitats or ecosystems, including the arctic, the savannah, the forest, the rainforest, the north pole, a river, mountain caves, the African Savannah, and the cliff tops. There […]
REVIEW: Squirrels by Brian Wildsmith
BOOK: SQUIRRELS AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: BRIAN WILDSMITH PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ It’s fall in some parts of the world, and at my place, the monsoon is setting. A lot of fall posts are over my feed and I decided to go with the trend. Fall/ autumn and squirrel are interrelated. […]
REVIEW: How Plants work: A hands-on guide to the nature world by Christiane Dorion
BOOK: HOW PLANTS WORK: A HANDS-ON GUIDE TO THE NATURE WORLD AUTHOR: CHRISTIANE DORION ILLUSTRATOR: BEVERLEY YOUNG PUBLISHER: TEMPLAR BOOKS PAGES: 18 AGE RECOMMENDED: 5+ How Plants Work: A hands-on guide to the natural world By Christiane Dorion and Beverley Young. This is another interesting book I picked for N. I am slowly falling in […]
REVIEW: How the world works: A hands-on guide to our Amazing planet by Christiane Dorion
BOOK: HOW THE WORLD WORKS: A HANDS-ON GUIDE TO OUR AMAZING PLANET AUTHOR: CHRISTIANE DORION ILLUSTRATOR: BEVERLEY YOUNG PUBLISHER: TEMPLAR BOOKS PAGES: 18 AGE RECOMMENDED: 5+ This is an interesting non-fiction book I won in a giveaway for N. This is an interactive pop-up book and has lots of tabs to rotate and flaps to […]
REVW: What Are Germs? By Katie Daynes
BOOK: WHAT ARE GERMS? AUTHOR: KATIE DAYNES ILLUSTRATOR: MARTA ALVAREZ MIGUENS PUBLISHER: USBORNE PUBLICATIONS PAGES: 12 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ It’s mid-of 2021 and still, the pandemic is surviving. I feel horrible seeing things around me and I am very sad to say to Nathan, don’t touch this or wear his mask. This book about Germs […]
Review: Ultimate Expeditions: Deep Sea Diver By Phyllis Perry
BOOK: ULTIMATE EXPEDITIONS: DEEP SEA DIVER AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: PHYLLIS PERRY PUBLISHER: BECKER & MAYER! KIDS PAGES: 36 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Nathan loves reading about sea creatures. It all started with one glow-in-the-night book and he is still fond of any sea creatures. Knowing that I was gifted this book last Christmas. This book talks […]
REVIEW: MOTH: An Evolution Story By Isabel Thomas
BOOK: MOTH: AN EVOLUTION JOURNEY AUTHOR: ISABEL THOMAS ILLUSTRATOR: DANIEL EGNEUS PUBLISHER: BLOOMSBURY PAGES: 48 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ A moth is an interesting non-fiction book about a Peppered moth. Until the early 1800s, most peppered moths had speckled wings, which helped camouflage them on trees, while those few born with solid black wings were easier […]
REVIEW: Inside out sharks by David George Gordon
BOOK: INSIDE OUT SHARKS AUTHOR: DAVID GEORGE GORDON ILLUSTRATOR: JOSHUA BEACH, DAVIDE BONADONNA, ANDREW HESS AND CHRISTIAN KITZMULLER PUBLISHER: QUARTO PUBLISHING PAGES: 16 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Sharks are the predators of the sea. This book gives us a three-dimensional view of their body. The book talks about their skeletal system, cardiopulmonary system, reproductive system, digestive […]